Photos of the Day 02/07

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A folk artist pauses while waiting to perform at a temple fair celebrating the Chinese lunar New Year at Dongyue Temple in Beijing. The lunar New Year began on Feb. 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. Jason Lee/Reuters

Former leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Hans-Jochen Vogel speaks during a ceremony marking his birthday at the SPD headquarters in Berlin. Vogel turned 85 on Feb. 3. The statue in the background is of former SPD leader Willi Brand. Thomas Peter /Reuters

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks with journalists after a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia. Geithner told journalists that the two countries will work together to pressure China on its undervalued currency. Uselei Marcelino/Reuters

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony to unveil four Iranian-designed and -made satellites and a satellite carrier, Kavoshgar-4, at a conference center in northern Tehran. Sajjad Safari/IIPA/Reuters

Commuters emerging from a rail station cross London Bridge on their way to offices in the City of London. Chris Helgren/Reuters

A Cambodian family is seen on an empty road as they flee the area near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border. Troops from both countries clashed for a fourth straight day over the area surrounding the 900-year-old mountaintop temple, deepening political uncertainty in Bangkok and prompting Cambodia to urge UN intervention. Damir Sagolj/Reuters

An antiwar protester holds a Thai flag and a placard during a rally at the Victory Monument in Bangkok. Dozens of antiwar protesters demonstrated on Monday to demand the cease-fire of Thai and Cambodian troops after border clashes killed at least five from both countries. Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lie down in front of a police van during a strike in Dhaka. Police used water cannons and batons to disperse hundreds of supporters of Bangladesh's main opposition party who went on strike to demand early parliamentary elections to force the ruling party from power. Andrew Biraj /Reuters

The site of a former chemical dump of Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical companies, covered by a protective structure, is seen in Hagenthal-le-Bas on the French-Swiss border. Vincent Kessler /Reuters

England's Michael Dawson speaks during a news conference in Watford, north of London. England will face Denmark in an international friendly soccer match in Copenhagen on Wednesday. Darren Staples/Reuters

People ride on a merry-go-round carousel at a Chinese New Year carnival in Singapore. The lunar New Year began on Feb. 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. Tim Chong/Reuters

Celtic's Scott Brown (l.) talks with El Hadji Diouf of the Rangers' during their Scottish Cup soccer match at Ibrox stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland, on Feb. 6. Diouf and Brown clashed in Sunday's Old Firm draw. David Moir/Reuters

A Kashmiri Muslim man prays in front of a copy of the Quran in a glass frame at the shrine of Sufi Saint Khawaja Naqashband on the anniversary of his death in Srinagar. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims who believe in Sufism thronged the shrine of the saint on his 347th anniversary and offered special prayers on Monday. Fayaz Kabli/Reuters

Schoolgirls wearing colorful dresses cheer as they fly a kite during an event to mark the Basant or spring festival in the northern Indian city of Amritsar. Basant is celebrated mainly in the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab, marking the start of the spring season. Munish Sharma/Reuters

A Palestinian boy whose family received an evacuation order from the Israeli authorities, plays outside his house in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Jerusalem officials on Monday pushed forward plans to build new Jewish housing in the Arab neighborhood drawing swift condemnation from Palestinians who see it as encroaching on land they seek for a future state. Michal Fattal/AP